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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1963

Page

2

Fino attacks gambling hypocrisy in Congress and press

Fino accuses moralists and politicians of blocking the will of the people while selling Irish Sweepstakes tickets from the House office building. He cites an office spokesman saying he paid for booklets and mailed them to thousands, including Kennedy Hoffa other union leaders veterans groups and all members of Congress.

Washington Ling Fino Kennedy Teamster James R. Hoffa Congress

Bank bandits rob teachers and escape unhurt

Two Lincoln High School teachers Crosby and Cuillier were robbed by masked bandits at a bank in Marrero near New Orleans. Police and Jefferson Parish officers searched the area while Butler called the incident a calculated plan. The FBI said it would not take jurisdiction as money had been turned over to the teachers and they left the bank. Lincoln High School enrollment is listed at 1,500.

Butler Crosby Cuillier Jefferson Parish Federal Bureau of Investigation Lincoln High School Marrero New Orleans Mississippi River

Nevada considers real estate reforms amid land sale scams

Legislature moves to tighten land subdivision rules with mandatory disclosures to the Nevada Real Estate Commission, escrow requirements, bond posting, and state enforcement. Cease and desist powers and hearings are included, with penalties up to 5000 dollars fine and three years jail for fake land deals. A cigarette tax revenue bill also surfaces.

Judiciary Committee Nevada Real Estate Commission Nevada Grant Sawyer

Atlas Flight Tests Nose Cone and 600-Pound Science Pod

Atlas completed a test flight covering 5000 miles with an experimental nose cone and a 600-pound scientific payload. The launch occurred at 4 01 p m EST after a long development cycle, with chase planes documenting the ascent and the booster stage separating to send the upper section into space. The Air Force aims to evaluate a new blunt nose cone for future warhead carrying missiles and carried six additional experiments in an 814 foot pod attached to the missile skin as an economical outside the atmosphere study.

Atlas Air Force

Panther sighting worries California ranchers near LA

A panther from Thailand, valued at 2000 dollars, warned residents to keep children indoors as searchers hunted it on sight. The animal fled to the Santa Monica mountains, with reports of another roaming black cat. Ventura County animal control director recalls wounding an African lion in a prior incident.

Los Angeles Pnd Santa Monica Mountains Point Ventura County

Fatal Bicycle Crash in County Marks Seventh Death of Year

At Decatur and Lorna Streets a bicycle collision left the rider, identified as a Jeldy boy, with head and internal injuries and a leg injury. The handlebar passenger, 13 year old Robert Kelly of 11 Melville St., was thrown but uninjured. This fatality was the county’s seventh this year.

Decatur Lorna Streets Robert Kelly Melville St Jeldy Boy

TOUGH TONY continues to battle illness and power struggle

Tough Tony and his brothers, including Albert, used A as the family name ending while two brothers in Italy stayed distant. Tony suffered a heart attack on January 2 and was readmitted to Long Island Hospital in Brooklyn after discharge four days earlier. His grip on Brooklyn docks weakened as fellow bosses ousted him from the ILA wage scale committee and challenged his vice presidency and business manager role of Local 1814.

Italy The United States Albert Tony Brooklyn Long Island Hospital International Longshoremen’s Association ILA

Assembly seat allocation tied to 1960 census figures

The report notes District 2 in Clark County gained one assembly seat per 20 000 residents as of 1960. Census data show North Las Vegas with 18422 residents, but the North Las Vegas Township created by the 1960 legislature is more heavily populated.

Clark County North Las Vegas

Labor unrest at atomic proving ground prompts back to work orders

A spokesman said all protesting craftsmen were ordered back Monday and 400 white collar workers must return as well. About 2,000 workers, including non union electrical staff from Texas, staged a sit down at the rocket engine development site amid an impasse over Washington led economy measures.

Frank Morton Office Atomic Proving Texas Washington Rocket Engine AEC Ther

Fire Kills Four Children in Missouri Home

A deadly fire in a community about one mile south of Wardell Missouri claimed the lives of Anna May Commander eight Bobby Jean six Eugene four and Imogene two the children of Mrs Robbie Lee Commander thirty five. The mother and six others escaped. Deputy Sheriff Raymond Ings said the blaze started near a stove where a leaky oil line dripped oil into a bucket.

Wardell Anna May Commander Bobby Jean Eugene Imogene Robbie Lee Raymond Ings

Youth Admits Involvement In Minnehaha Park Stabbing

The youth admitted to stabbing Mary multiple times at a creek bed near Minnehaha Park where detectives found blood in the snow. She was allegedly driven to a path and then to a doctor before the assailant moved her along a creek bed, after which the girl fell and he said he would still face Stillwater State Prison.

Minnehaha Park Steeves Mary Stillwater State Prison

McCone cites Cuban subversion reach and weapon transfers

CIA Chief McCone testified before the Affairs Subcommittee on Latin American subversion that 1000 to 1500 Latin Americans, excluding Uruguay, entered Cuba for indoctrination and subversion training with more arrivals this year. He noted 200 came from Venezuela and praised Betancourt’s promised support while warning of covert transfers of arms and funds to other countries. He called the program sophisticated and guided by experienced Soviet bloc veterans.

McCone Subcommittee Armistead Selden D-Ala Uruguay Cuba CIA Venezuela Venezzuelan Romulo Betancourt Kennedy Fidel Castro

Subscription changes hit local outlets this month

A garbled item notes subscription changes affecting various copy editions and party coverage. The fragment mentions multiple names and months but lacks clear actions or outcomes, suggesting updates to delivery or content for readers.

Mortimer Columnist and Author Mortality Obituary

The gossipy Broadway columnist Mortimer died after a long career at the Mirror and a life marked by feuds and nightclub brawls. Born in Chicago, he worked as a radio commentator and crime lecturer and coauthored the Confidential series with Jack Lait. His funeral and burial will be private.

the Mirror Walter Winchell Mortimer Chicago New York Jack Lait Washington World

Judo and Self Defense Classes at Las Vegas School

CL 7 Personal ads promote self defense classes in Judo Karate and boys Judo with contact Matt Johnson at 384 7145 or visit Las Vegas Judo School after 6 pm 2nd and California. Lost and Found notes report a brown female Doberman about 6 months old named Red with a $ reward call 135 9524.

Matt Johnson Las Vegas California Brown Mate Doberman

Rentals and sales ads fill Eastwood area listings

Classified notices show owner sale of a 2 bedroom home for 12000 with nearby Las Vegas listings. More properties include furnished and unfurnished apartments on S Highland and Magnet, two to three bedrooms, with various amenities and rents. Also present are mobile homes, a Pilgrim trailer, trucks, an auto shop listing, and a 1957 Chevrolet for sale.

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